First edition, first impression. 452pp. Blue cloth-covered boards, yellow titles to spine. 8vo. Text block edges tanned, mildly affecting page margins else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket, just a little bruised at the base of the spine.
A history of struggle for free expression told through the life of William Hone. Hone's victorious legal battles against government censorship in 1817 marked a turning point in the fight for British press freedom.
